Messages in this thread |  | | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Date | Thu, 17 May 2001 00:40:25 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [What the...] sti() in device_init() |
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Alexander Viro writes: > Folks, what the hell is sti(); doing in device_init()? It's > done _much_ earlier (before calibrate_delay(); in start_kernel()) > and I don't see anything that would require repeating it... > > Looks bogus for me... Linus?
I'm pretty sure it's an unnecessary turd, and you can safely remove it.
My memory is foggy on this, but I think it was in fact necessary a long long time ago.
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